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BHEL AN OVERVIEW Established more than 40 years ago, BHEL is the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise in India

a in the energy related/infrastructure sector today. The company has grown in stature over the years with continued inflow of orders, manufacturing prowess and continued thrust on technology leading to a strong presence in domestic and international markets as a major supplier of power plant equipment besides establishing substantial inroads in select segments of products in the industrial sector and railways. Bucking the uncertainties surrounding the global economic recovery, BHEL has registered during 2009-10, a top line growth of 22% with a turnover of INR 34,154 Crore and net profit rising by 37% to INR 4,311 Crore over the previous year. Order inflow during 2009-10 was at INR 59,037 Crore with total orders in hand as on 31st March, 2010 of INR 1,44,312 Crore. The company has realized the capacity to deliver 15000 MW per annum and the capacity expansion program to 20000 MW per annum by 2012 is underway. Currently, 74% of the power generated in the country is through BHEL sets. BHEL caters to core sectors of the Indian Economy viz., Power Generation and Transmission, Transportation, Renewable Energy, Defence etc. The wide network of BHELs 15 manufacturing Divisions, 4 Power Sector Regional Centers, 8 Service Centers, 15 Regional Offices, 4 Overseas Offices, 1 subsidiary and a large number of project sites spread all over India and abroad enables the company to promptly serves its customers and provide them with the suitable products, systems and services efficiently and at competitive process. The company has its footprints in more than 70 countries all over the world. The company has entered into a number of strategic Joint Ventures in the supercritical segment to leverage equipment sales besides strategic partnerships with technology leaders for business enhancement in transmission and transportation sectors. The Quality Systems as per ISO-9000 have taken deep roots in BHEL. The company has made significant achievements in Total Quality Management (TQM). With six CII-EXIM Commendations secured during 2009-10, BHEL stands highest among public and private sector companies in the country. In recognition of BHELs excellent performance on sustainability development, the CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2009 was conferred on BHELs Hyderabad unit. In recognition of BHELs contribution to the greening of the Lakshadweep Islands, BHEL was awarded the India Power-Jury Award 2009. For the fourth consecutive year, BHELs performance was recognized by the prestigious publication Forbes Asia, which featured BHEL in its fourth annual Fabulous 50 list of the Best of Asia-Pacifics Publicly-Traded Companies with revenues or market capitalization of at least USD 5 billion, having highest long term profitability and sales & earnings growth. BHEL is one of the only four Indian companies, ranked

at 590, in The Global Innovation 1000 of Booz & Co., a list of 1000 publicly-traded companies which are the biggest spenders on R&D in the world. Significantly, BHEL won the EEPCs Top Export Award for the nineteenth year in succession. BHEL is the only Indian PSU to be recognized for the second time as Star PSU Company of the year by leading business daily Business Standard. Power Generation The power generation sector comprises thermal, gas, hydro and nuclear power plant business. As of 31.01.2010, BHEL supplied sets account for 91,731 MW or nearly 62% of the total installed capacity of 1, 47,750 MW in the country. Significantly, these sets generated 487.56 Billion Units of electricity, which constituted 74% of the total power generated in the country. BHEL has proven turnkey capabilities for executing power projects from concept to commissioning. BHEL manufactures sub-critical sets of up to 600 MW, including recently introduced 270 MW, 525 MW & 600 MW rating thermal sets. In the supercritical range, BHEL has secured orders for 6 sets of 660/700 MW (Boiler & TG) and 5 sets of 800 MW. Cogeneration and combined cycle plants have been introduced to achieve higher plant efficiencies. To make efficient use of the high-ash content coal available in India, BHEL also supplies Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion (CFBC) boilers for thermal plants. The company manufactures 220/235/500/540/700 MWe nuclear turbine-generator sets and is geared up to take higher rating nuclear sets. Custom-made hydro sets of Francis, Pelton and Kaplan types for different head-discharge combinations are also engineered and manufactured by BHEL. The company has proven expertise in Plant Performance Improvement through renovation, modernization and uprating of a variety of power plant equipment, besides specialized know-how of residual life assessment, health diagnostics and life extension of power plants. BHEL-in built thermal sets consistently exceeded the national average efficiency parameters and achieved a Plant Load Factor (PLF) of 78.4% in 2009-10, which was 0.9% higher than the national average. Operating Availability (OA) of these sets was 87%. BHEL is the one of the few companies worldwide, involved the development of Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) technology which would usher in clean coal technology. BHEL has set up Asias first 6.2 MW IGCC power plant with an indigenously designed pressurized fluidized bed gasifier. The company has also signed an MOU with APGENCO for setting up a 182 MW IGCC plant. Industries

BHEL manufactures and supplies major capital equipment and systems like captive power plants, centrifugal compressors, drive turbines, industrial boilers and auxiliaries, waste heat recovery boilers, gas turbines, pumps, heat exchangers, electrical machines, valves, heavy castings and forgings, electrostatic precipitators, Reverse Osmosis (RO) based water desalination systems, ID/FD fans, seamless pipes etc. to a number of Industries like, metallurgical, mining, cement, paper, fertilizes, refineries and petrochemicals, etc., other than power utilities. BHEL has also emerged as a major supplier of controls and instrumentation systems, especially distributed digital control systems for various power plants and Industries. Transportation Most of the trains of the Indian Railways, whether electric or diesel powered, are equipped with BHELs traction propulsion systems and controls. The systems supplied are with the conventional DC drives and state-of-art AC drives. Indias first underground metro at Kolkata runs on drives and controls supplied by BHEL. BHEL is contributing to the supply of electrics for EMUs for 15 kV DC & 25 kV AC to Indian Railways. Almost all the EMUs in service are equipped with electrics manufactured and supplied by BHEL. The company also manufactures complete rolling stock i.e. Mainline 25 kV AC locomotives up to 5000 HP, EMU coaches and Diesel Electric Shunting locomotives from 350 HP to 2600 HP. In the area of Urban transportation, BHEL is geared up for turnkey execution of light rail transit systems and metro systems. Oil and Gas BHEL is supplying onshore drilling rig equipment viz. draw-works, rotary-table, traveling block, swivel, mast and sub-structure, mud systems and rig electrics to ONGC and Oil India Ltd. Well heads & X-Mas Tree valves up to 10,000 psi rating for onshore as well as offshore application are being supplied to ONGC, Oil India Ltd, and private drilling companies. BHEL has also supplied Casing Support Systems, Mud-line Suspension Systems and Block Valves to ONGC for offshore application. The company also has the capability to supply complete onshore drilling rigs capable of drilling up to 9000 M, with AC-SCR system or AC Drives having latest state of art technology, mobile rigs, work-over rigs and sub-sea well heads. Currently, BHEL is executing orders for refurbishment and up-gradation of onshore Oil Rigs from ONGC & Oil India Ltd. BHEL has supplied GT-driven centrifugal compressor packages to GAIL for their compressor stations for Dahej Vijaipur gas pipeline project. Renewable Energy

BHEL has been manufacturing and supplying a range of renewable energy products and systems. It includes Photovoltaic cells, modules, systems and power plants. BHEL has supplied stand alone Power Plants of ratings up to 150 kW peak, usually used as distributed power generation plants. The company is also executing grid-connected MW sized PV plants. BHEL is actively associated with the development of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) projects and power blocks on EPC basis. Defence BHEL has emerged as a reliable supplier of strategic equipment and services to Indian defence and Para-military forces for over 20 years. BHEL has large infrastructure including dedicated engineering and manufacturing facilities at many locations to manufacture various types of equipment and provide complete services to meet the Indian defence requirement. Defence has been identified as a key growth area and BHEL has taken industrial licenses for the production of major defence equipment like all types of gun, Armoured & Combat Vehicles, Advance Naval Systems, Propulsion Systems, Radars, UAVs, etc.

Transmission BHEL supplies a wide range of products and systems for transmission and distribution applications. The products manufactured by BHEL include power transformers, instrument transformers, dry type transformers, shunt reactors, capacitors, vacuum and SF6 switchgear, gas insulated switchgear, ceramic insulators, etc. BHEL has developed and commercialized the countrys first indigenous 36 kV Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) and has also developed 145 kV GIS which has undergone successful field trails at Hyderabad. BHEL has indigenously developed 765 kV transformers and shunt reactors. For the first 1200 kV test station in the country at Bina, BHEL has developed 1200 kV CVT and the 1200 kV transformers. BHEL has successfully developed and tested 420 kN disc insulators for 1200 kV transmission test line and now has a range of disc insulators for EHV and UV AC/DC applications up to 1200 kV AC and 800 kV DC with electro-mechanical strength from 70 kN to 420 kN suitable for both clean and polluted environments, solid core insulators up to 400 kV and hollow porcelain insulators up to 765 kV AC. BHEL has indigenously developed and executed a number of schemes using FACTs devices like Fixed Series Compensation for 400 kV lines for enhancing the power transfer capability & reducing transmission losses and Controlled Shunt Reactor (CSR) for reactive power management of long 400 kV transmission lines. For controlling power flow in 400 kV system BHEL is executing a scheme using indigenously developed Phase Shifting Transformer. With a

strong engineering base, the company undertakes turnkey execution of substations/switch-yards up to 400 kV and has the capability to execute 765 kV projects. High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems have been executed for economic transmission of bulk power over long distances. International Business BHEL has, over the years, established its references in more than 70 countries across all the six continents of the world. These references encompass almost the entire range of BHEL products and services, covering Thermal, Hydro and Gas-based turnkey power projects, Substation projects and Rehabilitation projects, besides a wide variety of products like; Transformers, Compressors, Valves and Oil Field Equipment, Electrostatic Precipitators, Photovoltaic Equipment, Insulators, Heat Exchangers, Switchgear, Castings and Forgings, etc. Some of the major successes achieved by BHEL have been in gas-based power projects in Oman, Libya, Malaysia, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Yemen; thermal power projects in Cyprus, Malta, Libya, Egypt, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Sudan, Syria, Ethiopia, Senegal, New Caledonia; hydro power plants in New Zealand, Malaysia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Nepal, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Rwanda, Thailand, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo; and substation projects & equipment in various countries. Execution of these overseas projects has also provided BHEL the experience of working with world-renowned consulting organizations and inspection agencies. The company has been successful in meeting demanding requirements of international markets, in terms of complexity of work as well as technological, quality and other requirements viz., HSE requirements, financial packages and associated O&M services, to name a few. BHEL has proved its capability to undertake projects on fast-track basis. BHEL has also established its versatility to successfully meet the other varying needs of various sectors, be it captive power, utility power generation or for the oil sector. Besides undertaking turnkey projects on its own, BHEL also possesses the requisite flexibility to interface and complement other international companies for large projects and has also exhibited adaptability by manufacturing and supplying intermediate products. The company is taking a number of strategic business initiatives to fuel further growth in overseas business. This includes firmly establishing itself in target export markets, positioning of BHEL as a regular EPC contractor in the global market both in utility and IPP segments and exploring various opportunities for setting up overseas joint ventures, etc. Technology up-gradation, Research & Development

BHELs products and systems are technologically intensive and R&D/technology development is of strategic importance in its endeavor to become an all-inclusive engineering enterprise. During the year, BHEL has invested INR 829 Crore on R&D efforts which correspond to nearly 2.5% of turnover of the company. To meet customer expectations, the company has upgraded its products to contemporary levels through in-house efforts as well as through acquisition of new technologies from leading engineering organizations of the world. IPR capital of the company has grown by 27% in the year with 1 patent/copyright filed everyday, taking total around 1300. The corporate R&D division at Hyderabad leads BHELs research efforts in a number of areas of importance to BHELs product range using emerging technologies. Research and product development centres at each of the manufacturing divisions play a contemporary role. Centres of Excellence have been set up for Simulators, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Permanent Magnet Machines and Surface Engineering. As the sixth in the series, BHEL has establishes a Centre of Excellence for Machine Dynamics (COE-MDF). Centre of Excellence is being established for Compressors & Pumps. It is also working to set up a Centre for Nano-technology at Hyderabad. In addition to Corporate R&D Division, BHEL has four specialized institutes, viz., Welding Research Institute (WRI) at Tiruchi, Ceramic Technological Institute (CTI) at Bangalore, Centre for Electric Traction and Hydro lab at Bhopal and Pollution Control Research Institute (PCRI) at Haridwar. BHEL has developed several state of art products viz. Nano fluids for enhancing efficiency in Transformer oil, Catalytic combustor for a typical Fuel Cell module, 260 MW steam turbine designed to suit combined cycle power plants, higher capacity Pulverizer for 800/1000 MW units with low levels of NOx, Bypass Over Fire Air (BOFA) system for reduction of NOx from coal based thermal power plants, high efficiency Francis and Pelton hydro turbines, new LP turbine variant which can be retrofitted in old Russian (LMW) 210 MW thermal sets, Automatic Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) for storage and inventory management system of the Indian Army. Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS), STATCOM, Phase Shifting Transformer (PST), 145 kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS), Deaerator for 1000 MW power plants, PTFE based Thrust pads for Hydro generator of capacity greater than 250 MW, IGBT based three phase propulsion system for 6000 HP locomotives, technology for manufacture of 400 kV long rod composite insulators with nano materials, 320 kN / 420 kN Porcelain insulators, 800 kV hollow insulator, Diagnostics and Optimization (PADO) package for power plants, 91 ton BHEL 280 Bowl Mill, 25 kW & 4.5 kW compact PM alternators along with controller for Railway application etc. Commercialization of indigenously developed 420 KN anti-fog disc

insulators for Indias first 800 kV HVDC transmission line for Powergrid is one of the significant achievements by the company. Reinforcing its position as a world class total solution provider, technology for Controls & Instrumentation for power plants has been upgraded enabling BHEL to offer state of the art controls for power plant and related applications. BHEL has developed and successfully commissioned a Maintenance Controller (an integrated Asset Management and Decision Support System) at the Western Mountain Power Project, Libya based on Power Pac-G, software to take care of all maintenance needs of a Power Station. With development of 800 MVAR Controlled Shunt Reactor (CSR) for improving power transfer capability of high voltage transmission systems, first of its kind in the world, BHEL has emerged as in indigenous technology provider in the transmission business arena. Capability has been built for multi-phase flow analysis on 700 MW Nuclear Steam Generator and Hydraulic design of 800 MW BFP. The company is also engaged in research in futuristic areas like fuel cells for distributed environment friendly power generation, clean coal technology applications, Ultra supercritical technology based applications in thermal power, standardization of electrode making process, development of process for addition of Nano/Micro particles for improving material characteristics, super conductivity applications in transformers, generators/motors etc. With an array of new technologies at its command, BHEL is confident of meeting the challenges ahead and fulfilling its responsibilities as the premier engineering and manufacturing enterprise of India. Human Resource Development Institute The Human Resource Development Institute (HRDI) situated in Noida, is the cornerstone of BHELs learning infrastructure, along with the Advanced Technical Education Centre (ATEC) at Hyderabad and the Human Resource Development Centres (HRDCs) at different units. Through various organizational developmental efforts, these centres ensure that the prime resource of the organization the Human Capital is always in a state of readiness to meet the dynamic challenges posed by the fast changing environment. It is their constant endeavor to take the HRD activities to the strategic level of becoming an active partner in achieving the organizational goals. Guided by the HRD Mission statement To promote and inculcate a value based culture utilizing the fullest potential of Human Resources for achieving the BHEL mission, the HRDI through a step by step strategic long term training process and several short term need based programs based on comprehensive organizational research, enables the human resources to unearth and polish their potential. HRDI is spearheading the HRD initiatives in the company and focusing on competency, commitment and culture building.

Some of the core programs include Strategic need based programs; Competency based programs and Functional Programs like Advanced Management Programs, General Management Programs, Strategic Management Programs, Senior Management Programs, Middle Management Programs, Young Management Programs and self starter programs for budding managers. In addition, the HRDI provides professional support to Corporate HR and HRDCs at Units/Divisions. HRDI is also accepting consulting assignments from other organizations in a selective manner. Health, Safety and Environment Management BHELs commitment towards environment is reflected in all activities, products and services, providing safe and healthy working environment to all stakeholders. In conformity with its concern for environment, the company is committed to sustainable development with Environment Improvement Projects (EIP) forming part of the MoU with the administrative ministry. In fact this aspect has become an integral part of the companys business performances. Some of the major EIPs at BHEL plants & townships included tree plantation drives, installation of rain water harvesting plants, energy conservation projects utilizing efficient technologies, reduction in noise level, improvement in chemical storage & handling systems, improvement in fumes extraction systems, resource conservation plants (Lubricants/Metals/Coolants), utilization of non-conventional energy resources, etc. Significantly, BHEL has also taken initiatives on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a more focused way and vigorous efforts are being made to achieve milestones in this area. A broad reference list of CDM activity projects both of in-house implementation and joint claim projects with customers has been generated. BHEL is in the process of setting up two eco-friendly Grid-interactive Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) Power plants of 2 MW & 1 MW, on turnkey basis, for KPCL Karnataka, as its contribution to the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. In conformity with Green Energy initiative, a more energy efficient single cylinder non-reheat steam turbine for 100-140 MW application has been developed to harness waste heat from process plants. This is the largest single cylinder steam turbine engineered so far by BHEL. All manufacturing Units/Regions of the company are accredited to international standards viz. ISO-14001 certification for environmental management and OHSAS-18001 certification for occupational health and safety management systems. Corporate Social Responsibility BHEL has developed a CSR and its Mission Statement on CSR is Be a Committed Corporate Citizen, alive towards its Corporate Social Responsibility. As part of its Corporate

Social Responsibility (CSR), BHEL undertakes socio-economic and community development programs to promote education, improvement of living conditions and hygiene in villages and communities located in the vicinity of its manufacturing plants and project sites spread across the country. Thrust is being given to in eight areas Self Employment Generation; Environment Protection; Community Development; Education; Health Management & Medical Aids; Orphanages Management. As part of social commitment, 3626 Act Apprentices were trained in the company; 7011 students/trainees from various professional institutions underwent vocational training; 56 villages having nearly 80,000 inhabitants have been adopted. Reaching out to the distressed victims in the flood-ravaged areas of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, BHEL has made a humble contribution to help alleviate their suffering, in addition, BHEL provides financial assistance to various NGOs/Trusts/Social Welfare Societies that are engaged in social welfare activities throughout the country. Participation in the UNs Global Compact Program As the worlds largest global corporate citizenship initiative, the Global Compact is the first and the foremost concern which is exhibiting and building the social legitimacy of business and markets. BHEL related its commitment to the United Nations Global Compact Program and continued to play a lead role in promoting the set of core values enshrined in its ten principles on human right, labour standards, environment and anti-corruption and intends to advance these principles forming part of its strategy & culture within its sphere of influence. BHEL demonstrated its commitment through regular pooling of communication of progress (COP) on the UNGC website and organizing a National Convention to disseminate the concepts of Global Compact. The company publicly advocates with its employees and other stakeholders and regularly incorporates its commitments towards Global Compact program through its Annual Report, press conferences and other public documents. & Old-age Homes; Infrastructural Development; and Disaster/Calamity

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